The Wilmingtonian., 1887-02-05
".a.nd to you, my d,a M.a. Mayhe~, may

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II knew yonr father ,stll, - escIam' thf
lady "and am sure d s"n NJ his could uev-
or he gullty of such crime
"A thuusaud thanks. This Confinement,
which an hrdt ago ss ned uBrh nIable, nov
hrightehs to a matter o' mere 'irm. Having
your confidence, | car wait patiently for m,
Innocence to bs proved"
Mabel and her mother then left the pr'sor.
satisfied that II .rry was the victim IF "a i,u
Tne case waS QUE If SIX II d management
- far as the tru, cuipuit> we're concerned,
aid the de'eucv,s WIRE completely bytll Il
f. ulle While nor sat fed that Hau>
was the guilty one, they could a.t no trace
" atcver TO any other parties worth fol o.
ng up.
The jewelfy Shops we've watched tn se u
my one left rug IT, be- repaired, and ~
he ingenuity &c the DIT ctive craft wa
hrnnphl into play.
TIE third day after the robbery, lir'
Off ~ ] mes "a> "gt'n snmur ned I" heft-
q ta,t. rs, whr,e b. { und Mrs Mayhem anc
Mab+l.
Mrs. Miyhew explained that while dris-
ny 70 : e jail where Harry VAndale wa
corfned, they saw 4 per.on whom they SIT,
posed to b. that young gentleman standing
At the corner OF the street leading t. the pr-
son. in conversations with two well-dresse
men. Mabel became quite excited, aud call
sd her mothers attention to the supposed
fact that Henry was released from prison.
AS they drove past, noticing that he was
looking at them, Mabel waved her handkei-
chief in token of recognition, which ne an
Swered. There was something about his
looks, however, that wasn't satisfactory or
4fter-thouHht, and they decided to drive on
to Jail and see If it were possible they
were mistaken.
While fully satisfied that they had JUS
seen Harry Vandalt; there was lingering
doubt that had no form only of suspicion.
They were mortified to fad the suspicion
true, and Harry still prisoner.
The thought had heen flashed through
their minds that perhaps this ysry man had
done the robbery aud Rad been tie person
whom Police Officer James had supposed IT,
be Harry
The officer was not slow to ca CHI the idea
aud, getting u full description OF the dress
of the man, he instituted search for him.
The search VAS unavailine. no one havine
seen such pe,sou as hu desc ihtd in the vi
entity or et'whern..
RIttt "a .,ifip wa 43f ST
that ptIaOu r,~embiug the PRISONER wils il
the city, and fell til At il hp could only cas-,
his cSe On him he c,u'd ,ckly lee de- if le
was the person whom he bad seen in tie
bark
The urxt three days we're devoid of any
occurrence os note, saws vaious fru tltss
searches Tor l,e suLs Ie.enhlrg Harry Van.
d lie; and willie by no means willing tu ac-
knowledge themselves b ifl .d; r TO give NJ
the search, the detectives we're conn letely
iosf for a clue of anv description.
II US Saturday afSetlupn. ADD Dertectvc
Mnsrrir was rlosered with Police Off ,el
JiLe try ug to Il cit 30 % turtler tao tn.
woud teod to throw light ou the subj Ct,
aud he wtre g,rng over all the detai s,sh
a uarc Was hauitd to the latter, aud tearil e
At open, exc teddy read;
Please cali upor me at once Imp rtlnt.
Mrs MAYHEM.
He at once fastened to obey the request
There was an uneasy and troubled lopk OIL
Mrs. Mayhew's countenauce, which Police
OH ser james DID MT fail TO notice; but s'u
-. al n,,l mn IA aoat.l .uiJ.
"l'm afraid, Mr James, that Mabel has
besn acting very unwisey, bnt | Trust WI
may depend upon ynur aid in any d,ffl nlty
which may arise from her hay!nI acted Il e
part - private det' ctiyn"
The officer hasteued TO assure her on that
point
"As YOU ara tie guilty one you may tel
the story, !" said Mrs. Mayhew to Mabel.
With which invitation the latter slid:
$50 begin at the beginning, Bliss Wont
worth and nave always been great friends
aud hen We get together we are sure to dt
something that mamma disapproves.
after mamma and saw that man 10 tn,
street that wo told you about, felt certain
fiom all that was said, that he was the per
son you had seen in the hank whom y"t
mistouk for Harry; aud whea | told Mis-
Wentworth about it, shs was even NOR,
quick than to accept the theory, and q
ouce suggested that it would be good eunug
for us to insert an advertisement in the sec
ond column of the Times, get correspond
ence and meeting appointed, and have yo'
ON the spot to meet him.
"We at once acted ON the idea, and her
| it is You see we addressed it to The initial q
the stOue found near the safe, feeling conf
dent that if the person mamma and l ga,
would answer to that initial he would be tn
guilty one"
The item rcad
PERSON lL.-If H., dressed in black, wh
was standing near - street on Wednesda
Afternoon about 80 will communicate witt
the lady vino 10 riding past, wave her hand
kerctief at him. he will learn something ~
viii greatly please HIM. Address, Mie
A. Box 1904.
M ,bel 6 ,utinuet
1.-The bait tnnk, and We Z 1t an answer fror
person who signed hiuself Will Harne
AID gave an add ess at a library, to be cali
for. Success seemed at hand and we ha
advanced 50 far that we We're determined t
s.e il tn ohgh, ha dly st ppiug o outsider I'll
,nM qucnces. W. I'd a.reed from the tirs
hal it would 10: do to use my name, as b
might learn my citations to Harry aud TAX
DARN; thereto, NJ IS Wentworth voluntee
:. hai name, and we used her initial in ii
personal On receiving his address we wro
i, him a short, wicked note about home Oppre
sIous and the environments of society, an